Xu Yingyuan lowered his face and said, "Zhang Yanshi has been in prison for almost 10 days, and he hasn't figured out where his crime is?" What did Your Majesty do when you were ordered to go to Shunyi? ”

Zhang Daojun's forehead was slightly sweaty, and he supported the ground with his hands and said: "Your Majesty ordered the criminal ministers to go to Shunyi to supervise the implementation of the policy of cultivators to have their fields, and collect the reactions of the people of Shunyi after the implementation of this policy. The news collected by the criminal was immediately sent to the capital, and he did not hide it, and asked his father-in-law to say a thing or two for the sinner. ”

Xu Yingyuan shook his head and said, "Are you still obsessed?" Your Majesty has asked you to supervise the implementation of the cultivator's policy of having his own fields, have you supervised it? Squatting in the county seat and not coming out, this is also called supervision?

Your Majesty asked you to collect the reactions of the people of Shunyi, but all you reported were the reactions of the gentry, where are the people? You need to know that you are an official of the brocade guards, not an official of the gentry. I can't even figure this out, what kind of official are you still doing? ”

Zhang Daojun finally felt that he was sweating a little, and he hurriedly defended himself: "The sinner didn't care about the holy will, the sinner just thought that Ye Qi was really too radical and offended the entire Shunyi gentry.

The gentry show the people, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial power governs the county, and the gentry govern the township. Ye Qi acted unscrupulously, and the sinners were afraid that the Shunyi gentry would be humiliated and cause trouble, causing shocks in Gyeonggi. The sinner is sincere to His Majesty, and he has no other intentions. ”

Xu Yingyuan put down Erlang's legs, held his knees with both hands, leaned forward and stared at Zhang Daojun's eyes and said, "What do you think?" What matters is what His Majesty thinks? What is Jinyiwei? It is His Majesty's eagle dog.

When have you ever seen an owner raise a disobedient hawk dog? If the Shunyi gentry want to make trouble, you should strangle them to death before they show their heads. Otherwise, what did Your Majesty ask you to do in Shunyi? Be a mud bodhisattva? ”

Seeing that Zhang Daojun's face was sweating and his body was trembling slightly, Xu Yingyuan sat up straight with satisfaction and continued: "Even if Ye Qi is reckless, he still wants to do things for His Majesty. So what have you done for Your Majesty in Shunyi..."

Xu Yingyuan's words were heart-wrenching, and Zhang Daojun could naturally hear that behind these words was the emperor's anger towards him.

Just when he was terrified, he didn't know how to get out of his current predicament. Xu Yingyuan felt that the pressure on him was almost over, so he changed his words and said in a gentle tone.

"However, Your Majesty remembers that Zhang Shangshu is loyal and unyielding, and for the sake of the late Zhang Shangshu, I will first record your punishment this time in the account for the time being. If the next time it is still unfavorable, the two crimes will be punished together. ”

When Zhang Daojun heard this, his heart relaxed a little. The emperor said that the late Zhang Shangshu was not his grandfather Zhang Wudian, but his father Zhang Quan. Now he still needs to rely on his father's reputation to save himself, which makes Zhang Daojun feel ashamed and ashamed.

However, he quickly reacted, quickly kowtowed to thank him, and swore to Xu Yingyuan that as long as His Majesty had any send, he would definitely go to the soup and fight the fire.

Xu Yingyuan stood up, dusted off the dust on his body, and said to him carelessly: "You don't have to worry, go back to recuperate for a few days first, and naturally there will be errands arranged for you." ”

After finishing speaking, Xu Yingyuan called the captain of Jinyi, who was in charge of the edict, and ordered him to open the prison and release Zhang Daojun.

Outside the Wuying Palace, Yuan Keli, the newly appointed secretary of the Criminal Department, was waiting to see the emperor. At the age of 66, he was still strong and strong, and he refused the invitation of the officials of the Wuying Hall to invite him to enter the East Side Hall to wait, but stood under the corridor of the East Side Hall and looked at the palace.

Chengzu is a good martial artist, and often discusses war with the generals here, so he often finds time to summon ministers in the Wuying Hall to discuss state affairs. Later, the descendants grew up in the inner courtyard of the deep palace, and they liked literature and hated martial arts, so they moved the meeting place to the Wenhua Palace, and the Wuying Hall was gradually abandoned.

By the time of the Apocalypse, Wuying Hall had become a place for the queen to receive the women of the Thousand Autumn Festival. On weekdays, it has become a palace studio for the painting of the edict. Yuan Keli has not been here many times in his official career, but he still remembers the purity and decay of the Wuying Hall in his memory at that time.

But today, the Wuying Hall in his eyes is very different, the weeds in the courtyard have been swept away, and a few flowers and trees have been planted.

The east side hall in front of the main hall became the waiting room for the emperor's secretariat and officials to be received. The west side hall opposite him has become the rotating office of the officers dispatched by the General Staff and the Military Department of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies.

In the courtyard in front of the Wuying Palace, you can always see officials holding documents coming in and out, looking busy. Obviously, these offices with signs are not just false names.

It can be seen from all this in front of him that the rumors circulating outside about Emperor Chongzhen, who does not admire sacred learning, ignore national politics, and like to be curious and skillful for entertainment, are not true.

Yuan Keli was a little curious that these rumors should have reached the emperor's ears, but the young emperor was indifferent at all, what did he think in his heart.

While he was thinking about it, Lu Qi, the deputy steward of the Qianqing Palace, walked out of the Wuying Palace, hurriedly walked in front of him, and said respectfully after saluting: "Yuan Shaobao, Your Majesty invites you to come in and talk." ”

Yuan Keli suddenly came back to his senses, he nodded in agreement, and followed Lu Qi towards the hall.

After Lu Qi entered the temple gate, he turned to the east and stopped at the east end of the inner corridor. He asked for instructions at the closed door, and after hearing Chongzhen's reply, he opened the door and invited Yuan Keli to enter.

Yuan Keli who walked into the door was stunned for a moment, this room is not big, and it can even be said to be extremely cramped, but the interior decoration is not simple at all, and the style is also very novel.

Yuan Keli quickly came back to his senses and continued to take a few steps towards the north of the room, which was in a north-south direction, and there was a lattice moon door in the middle that divided the room into two halves.

Yuan Keli stopped in front of the moon gate, he couldn't make up his mind, whether to continue to step forward or stay here to meet the emperor.

Chongzhen, who was sitting behind a thick wooden case, put down the piece in his hand after reviewing a piece of music in his hand, got up and said to Yuan Keli: "Yuan Shangshu doesn't have to be formal, please come forward and sit down and talk." ”

Yuan Keli looked in the direction of the emperor's right hand, only to find that there was actually a chair in front of the wooden case in front of the emperor.

He was stunned for a moment, then accepted the emperor's kindness, and after saluting, walked to the emperor and sat down.

Zhu Youzhen observed Yuan Keli's expression, and then said tentatively: "Yuan Shangshu, is there anything important to talk to me?" I'm busy discussing matters in the army with the Governor's Office and the Ministry of War these days, and if it's not a very important matter, I hope I can talk about it another day. ”

The emperor's words of evasion did not move Yuan Keli. He knew that the emperor had not been busy with military affairs in the past two days, but had met with representatives of merchants from all over the world. Although Yuan Keli didn't think that the emperor had anything to talk about with these merchants, he didn't intend to argue with the emperor about this matter today.

“… Lao Chen has been looking through the files of the Criminal Department in the past few days, and it turned out that since the end of last year, the capital has been arresting the so-called homeless scoundrels and cracking down on gambling houses. So far, more than 11,000 people have been arrested.

Among them, 4,389 people were tried and questioned, and the rest were not tried at all, but were only undergoing re-education through labor in the name of Jinyiwei.

Lao Chen asked about several stories, and the so-called re-education through labor had no definite law at all, but only forced these people to undergo all kinds of labor, and even the duration of re-education through labor was not specified.

This kind of so-called re-education through labor not only lacks the support of the law, but also undermines the right of the criminal department to ask questions, and breeds Jinyiwei's style of contemptuous of national law. In the long run, it will inevitably become a vicious disease for villains to disrupt the discipline of the imperial court.

Therefore, the old minister demanded that this practice of re-education through labor be stopped immediately and that the deviation of Jinyiwei's behavior be corrected. Yuan Keli said eloquently to the emperor.

met a feudal official who talked about the law with himself, which made Chongzhen's mind a little confused, isn't he in the **** Ming Dynasty now, why would an official discuss the issue of governing the country according to law with him.

He couldn't help but think about it for a while on his temples before leaning back in his chair and saying a little coldly to Yuan Keli.

"Before the implementation of the Strike Hard, I also consulted the files of the Criminal Department and ordered Jinyiwei to investigate the security problems in the capital.

As far as I know, there are several or even dozens of cases of rogue children in the capital abducting and selling women and children to large families as slaves and maids, or to Qinglou as prostitutes.

There are also some people who set up kilns in the outer city to force beggars to prostitute themselves, or set up gambling games to lure civilians into the game, and finally force them to sell their wives and daughters to the kilns, and they make a living from it, and even form a street dedicated to prostitution.

And some scoundrels are organized into gangs, spying on foreign businessmen outside Chongwenmen. In broad daylight, the open fire insisted on forcing foreign merchants to sell goods to themselves at a price lower than cost...

The capital is known as the first good district, and the security of the capital is like this, what will become of the foreign places that I can't see?

The use of Jinyi Wei to rectify the law and order in the capital may have exceeded the authority of the Criminal Department, but the purpose of enacting the law was to ensure the stability of social order. Since the Criminal Department cannot guarantee the security of the capital, then I cannot sit idly by. ”

The emperor's fierce retort did not let Yuan Keli retreat, he said unhurriedly: "Since Your Majesty has decided that severely punishing these petty people and maintaining social stability is a top priority for the Ming Dynasty.

Then the old minister asked His Majesty to allow the Criminal Department to formulate various legal provisions on re-education through labor, and to transfer the Beijing Patrol Police Bureau from Jinyiwei to the name of the Criminal Department. Your Majesty's purpose can be achieved, and the law of the land will not be violated. ”

Zhu Youzhen was suddenly blocked and speechless, he finally reacted now, Yuan Keli is not here to oppose any strike-hard and re-education through labor today, he is here to take back the judicial power of the Criminal Department that was divided by Jinyiwei.